Weaving Designs by Bertha Gray Hayes: Miniature Overshot Patterns

This book features the original sample collection and handwritten drafts of the talented, early 20th century weaver, Bertha Gray Hayes of Providence, Rhode Island. She designed and wove miniature overshot patterns for four-harness looms that are creative and unique. The book contains color reproductions of 72 original sample cards and 20 recently discovered patterns, many shown with a picture of the woven sample, and each with computer-generated drawdowns and drafting patterns. Her designs are unique in their asymmetry and personal in her use of name drafting to create the designs. Bertha Hayes attended the first nine National Conferences of American Handweavers (1938-1946). She learned to weave by herself through the Shuttle-Craft home course and was a charter member of the Shuttle-Craft Guild, and authored articles on weaving.

Author: Norma Smayda
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Published: 02/26/2009
Pages: 208
Weight: 2.9lbs
Size: 8.60h x 11.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780764332463